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Spanish Lake/ Alligator Bayou
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:10 pm
Anyone know anything about this area? Its in between Baton Rouge and Gonzales off of Manchac Rd. Would it be a decent place for kayaking and possibly fishing?
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Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:12 pm to TJP
That is Slickback's stomping grounds I believe. He should be able to shed some light on it for you.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:20 pm to TJP
I thought all the water was drained from there a couple of years ago. I'm sure someone wil be along shortly to give an up to date report.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:24 pm to wickowick
the landowner, one that gave tours, was holding the water back. It was released. so from now on it will be dry, or at least in normal times of the year. the winter may have it holding more water.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:25 pm to TJP
All I'm going to tell you is that the water smells like SHAT!! It's all stagnant rain water.... It has gone down hill the past couple years since some clown got control of the locks. I wouldn't waste my time honestly. But if you feel the need to see for yourself, kayak away!!
Posted on 2/24/13 at 6:44 pm to TJP
Last time I was out there. (6 months or so ago) there wasn't much water.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 7:29 pm to JAB528
I believe they are trying to turn the property back into what it was 100 years ago. They are planting a bunch of things like cypress, ash, willow, and button bush because they want faster results than natural succession.
Seasonal flooding is the best way to turn it into what it was.
I read about an ecological engineering company that was doing it all. IIRC, the company was behind Ninfa's. They had some info about what they were doing on the net, but it was very hard to find.
Seasonal flooding is the best way to turn it into what it was.
I read about an ecological engineering company that was doing it all. IIRC, the company was behind Ninfa's. They had some info about what they were doing on the net, but it was very hard to find.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 7:35 pm to Hammertime
you are correct. it is now a wetlands bank where developers can buy credits to offset unavoidable wetlands/waters-of-the-U.S. impacts. and, the condition it is now kept in is the "original" ecological condition and not the condition most of us in the EBR/Ascension area grew up with, which was always wet.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 7:53 pm to mack the knife
So who owns the property?
If it is just that one guy owning it, he has zero reason to bitch about money. You can make an absolute killing turning property into a mitigation bank
If it is just that one guy owning it, he has zero reason to bitch about money. You can make an absolute killing turning property into a mitigation bank
Posted on 2/24/13 at 7:53 pm to mack the knife
Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:14 pm to Hammertime
A couple of different real estate groups I believe.
Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:01 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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A couple of different real estate groups I believe.
yeah a couple of holding companies do.
I "consulted" with the mitigation bank plan for a representative of one of the owners.
A big thing that gets neglected is that for many years the water level was kept artificially high, always thought it was ironic that the tour operators touted keeping a natural ecosystem in play....
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